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APPENDIX II
WINDING ENGINES FOR THE MAIN SHAFT, KIMBERLEY MINE
This plant was designed by me for De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited, and built by Messrs. James Simpson & Co., of London, and consists of a pair of inverted vertical tandem compound-condensing engines, driving two reels, which are capable of carrying 1800 feet of flat ropes each. The principal dimensions of these engines are as follows, viz.: —